Play the Violin
online violin lessons, video tutorials and blog postsfor learning and loving the violin
Hi, I’m Zlata
your online violin teacher
Play the Violin
online violin lessons, video tutorials and blogfor learning and loving the violin
Hi, I’m Zlata
your online violin teacher
FREE Online Violin Lessons
Learn How to Play the Violin Online
#1 Beginner Violin Lesson
Start Playing the Violin
Violin teacher Zlata made a 40 lesson violin course with the exact steps you need to learn as a beginner violinist to learn to play the violin beautifully. All the 40 violin video lessons, the beginner book, the etude books, the easy concertos and more sheet music are TOTALLY FREE.
#1 Intermediate Violin Lesson
How to Bow Smoothly on the Violin
This violin lesson is all about learning to make a beautiful sound on the violin by learning a flexible bow hold, the bow arm mechanics and what all great soloists have in common when it comes to bowing. I show it close up and slow motion, so you can instantly improve your violin bowing.
#1 Advanced Violin Lesson
ALL 102 Violin Bowing Techniques & Terms
Learn all about detaché, martelé, staccato, spiccato, ricochet, martelé and more bowing techniques and terms you’ve heard about in this violin lesson. There are over 100 examples of famous violinists, sheet music notation and how to play these techniques yourself. Learn the tools of music expression!
Violin Blog
Most beautiful violin music, easy guides and tutorials to help you play the violin better
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Free Violin Tools
Learn to play the violin faster and practice better with our tuner and metronome
Violin Tuner
Tune your violin easily and correctly with my free online violin tuner with microphone and tuning notes.
Metronome
Practice effectively with my free online metronome. It has subdivisions and a visual needle.
String Reviews
Choose the right violin strings with my easy buying guide. I review all major types and brands.
Improve your violin playing with my FREE online violin lessons
1.000+ FREE violin video tutorials
How (and WHY?) to Tune Your Violin with a Tuning Fork?
I got another question: Zlata, can you do a video on tuning with the A? I think you mean a tuning fork, or if you hit the A on a piano or have an A from your computer or whatever. How to tune your violin or viola to an A tuning fork First, you will need an A. You can...
How to Learn to Play the Violin or Viola as Fast as a Child?
In this video I share secrets from violin teachers around adult beginners... People that learn to play the violin at an adult age get frustrated because they think they can never learn as fast as a child. Let me tell you two secrets from violin teachers: It is an...
Why Would You Want to Play the Viola???
Playing viola as an addition to playing the violin... or playing the viola instead the violin can have many advantages. The viola looks a lot like the violin. Why would you want to play the viola as an addition to the violin, or instead of the violin? The difference...
Should You Use Stickers on Your Violin or Viola Fingerboard?
On one side your muscle memory should get the chance to develop and learn the right positions... Lots of teachers put stickers on the finger board of their student’s violin or viola, so they’ll know where to put their fingers. In the beginning it is very difficult to...
How to Practice Daily While Being a Mortal?
Do you get all the results you want in playing the violin or viola? Do you get all the results you want on the violin or viola? Do you practice daily? If the answer to both questions is 'no', then this video is a must-watch for you! You know you have to...
Why Can’t You ‘Just Play Something’?
Are you having nice progress playing the violin or viola? When a friend or family member asks you to 'just play something'... does this scare you? Do you doubt what to play and how to play it? Do you have no clue what to answer to that question or what to do? Maybe...
Free Violin Sheet Music
Learn to play your favorite music on the violin
107 Intermediate Violin Concertos
FREE violin sheet music downloads of the most beautiful intermediate violin concertos and concertinos to improve your violin technique, intonation and bowing. 38 of them are suitable for beginners.
FREE Violin Scale Book
Sensational Scales is a FREE 85 page violin scale book that goes from simple beginner scales with finger charts all the way to all three octave scales and arpeggios:
Violin Finger Chart
PDF Downloadable poster with the exact spots of ALL notes on the violin. You’ll also learn how to read them in violin sheet music and connect them to how they should sound. Can’t miss in your violin practice room!